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CT21

Outer Postcode Area • 891 Postcodes
Folkestone and Hythe·South East·England
Folkestone and Hythe 51.0726°N, 1.0772°E
48
48/100Overall Score
Developing Livability
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Boundary Map

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Commercial & Retail Operator Lens Official open data

Commercial location facts for CT21

Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.

Deprivation decile
—

English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived

Food businesses (1 km)
80

Food Standards Agency register

Daytime road noise
—

Not on the Defra noise map

Planning constraints
None recorded

Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council

Local facts for businesses

Official figures for CT21. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.

Fastest broadband available
30–300 Mbit/s
Ofcom

Food and drink businesses within 1 km

  • Restaurants and cafés26
  • Takeaways4
  • Pubs and bars16
  • Food shops and supermarkets17

Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.

Planning constraints

planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England

Moderate constraint level
Article 4 direction
Not published
Conservation area
None recorded
Listed buildings within 100m
1
Nearest: Grade II HAY HOUSE, 45m
Official record
Tree preservation zone
Not published
  • Folkestone and Hythe has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
  • Not in a conservation area recorded by the council.
  • 1 listed building(s) within 100m (nearest: Grade II HAY HOUSE, 45m). Work affecting their setting may need extra consent.

Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.

Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths

Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)

Data Unavailable Tranquillity Unrated
Road Traffic Noise (Day)
Unmeasured
Night: Unmeasured
Railway Noise (Lden)
Unmeasured
Outside mapped rail corridor
Nearest licensed airport
Lydd London Ashford Airport
16.2 km in a straight line (EGMD)
Flight Path Impact
Unavailable
CAA corridors unmeasured
Data Limitation: Official Defra noise mapping data has not been ingested for this location.

Data quality: Aggregated across 891 constituent postcodes

891 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 10 Oct 2026, 05:44.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in CT21.

Is CT21 a good place to live?

CT21 in Folkestone and Hythe scores 47.6/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.

What is the crime rate in CT21?

The CT21 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Folkestone and Hythe, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.

What schools are near CT21?

The CT21 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.

How well connected is CT21?

The CT21 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.

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